SYSTEM OF RECORDS NOTICES (SORNs)

DoD-Wide Notices

SYSTEM NAME:

PERSEREC Export Violations Database (November 18, 2002, 67 FR 69205).

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Defense Personnel Security Research and Education Center, 99 Pacific Street, Building 455E, Monterey, CA 93940-2481.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:

Individuals who have been convicted of violating U.S. export control laws.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Extracts of reports, court records, newspaper, magazine, and other open source materials.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 301, Departmental Regulations; and ASD(C3I) July 20, 1993 memo, Subject: Exemption from DoD Directive 5200.27.

PURPOSE(S):

To analyze factors which may contribute to acts of illegal technology transfer in violation of U.S. export controls and to assemble a body of knowledge useful for improving security procedures. This information will permit examination of trends in illegal technology transfer since 1981 and help identify personal and situational variables of interest to policy makers and others concerned with counteracting export control violations. Aggregate statistics will be reported in a technical report. The report will include some vignettes of the more famous cases, using the individual's name, based on material found in open sources.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 552a(b) of the Privacy Act, these records or information contained therein may specifically be disclosed outside the DoD as a routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows:

The DoD 'Blanket Routine Uses' set forth at the beginning of the OSD compilation of systems of records notices apply to this system.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Maintained on paper, computer and computer output products, and in microform.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Records are retrieved by individual's name.

Safeguards:

Records are stored under lock and key in secure containers, and in a computer system with intrusion safeguards.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Records are treated as permanent pending a determination by the NARA of authority for disposition of the records.

System Manager(s) and Address:

Director, Defense Personnel Security Research and Education Center, 99 Pacific Street, Building 455E, Monterey, CA 93940-2481.

Notification Procedure:

Individuals seeking to determine whether this system of records contains information about themselves should address written inquiries to Director, Defense Personnel Security Research and Education Center, 99 Pacific Street, Building 455E, Monterey, CA 93940-2481.

The inquiry should include the individual's full name.

Record Access Procedures:

Individuals seeking access to records about themselves contained in this system of records should address a written request to Director, Defense Personnel Security Research and Education Center, 99 Pacific Street, Building 455E, Monterey, CA 93940-2481.

The inquiry should include the individual's full name.

Contesting Record Procedures:

The OSD rules for accessing records, for contesting contents and appealing initial agency determinations are published in OSD Administrative Instruction 81; 32 CFR part 311; or may be obtained from the system manager.

Record Source Categories:

Justice Department Export Control Cases listing, newspaper and magazine articles and other open source documents.

Exemptions Claimed for the System:

None.